Mandalas are symbolic pictures used in meditation, important in most eastern traditions, they take the meditator on a wordless journey into the mind's deepest mysteries. The basic of a mandala begins with a circle, which is a symbol that has no beginning and no end. It encloses a symmetrical area of space in such way that each point on the circumference of that space is equidistant from the centre. Making a circle always brings order to things. Order begets patterns that the mind can grasp and understand. Even chaotic scribbling achieves a certain harmony when enclosed in a circle, you invite a little harmony in your life. Mandalas arise from the compelling human need to know our own inner reality, to align this knowing with our wisdom and to awaken in ourselves a sense of being in harmony with the universe. Circles are not just an invention of human beings, circular forms abound in natural world. Flowers, rocks, caves, mountains and the impressive forms of the sun and the moon have even served as natural symbols, helping human beings organize their thoughts about mysteries such as life and death. My mandalas are my own journey through time and my deepest layers of my personal identity. It's about to find the colors who I am. My paintings don't want to proof or state anything; they are the only way to express emotions when words fail. I paint to be less alone in this world. I am a living being who is addressing to other living beings to be less cold. Painting to me means; Shapes be chosen out of colors. Their limitations and development in space correspond to moods which are only experienced visually. They release emotions to the origin of mankind.

LACASSE JOSEPH –

"Painting is not the image of the already seen, but a jump in the invisible"